Selwyn Z. Bowman

Selwyn Zadock Bowman ( born May 11, 1840 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, † September 30, 1928 in Framingham, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1879 and 1883 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Selwyn Bowman attended the public schools of his home. In 1855 he moved with his parents to Somerville. Then he studied until 1860 at Harvard University. After a subsequent law degree from the same university and his 1863 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Boston in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In the years 1870, 1871 and 1875 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Then he sat from 1876 to 1877 in the state Senate. In the meantime, he served 1872-1873 as a legal representative of the city Somerville.

In the congressional elections of 1878 Bowman was in the fifth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Nathaniel Prentiss Banks on March 4, 1879. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1883 two legislative sessions. In 1882 he was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Bowman practiced law in Somerville. From 1888 to 1897 he was again legal representatives of this city. In 1914 he moved to Cohasset. At the same time, he worked in Boston as a lawyer. He died on September 30, 1928 in Framingham.